This video details the lengthy process of getting the Space Shuttle into orbit, primarily at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It features animations depicting the launch steps and includes 3D models ...

A political effort to remove space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian and place it on display in Texas encountered some pushback on Thursday, as a US senator questioned the expense of carrying out ...

Two Texas Republicans want to use taxpayer dollars to seize the Space Shuttle Discovery from the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center and move it to Texas. The senators from the Lone Star ...

CAPE CANAVERAL ” Discovery and seven astronauts blasted into orbit Tuesday on America’s first manned space shot since the 2003 Columbia disaster, ending a painful, 2 1/2-year shutdown devoted to ...

Buried in the sweeping legislation is an $85 million provision to move NASA's most-flown spacecraft from the national collection to Space Center Houston. On July 4, 2006, NASA's space shuttle ...

One of Virginia’s crown jewels of tourist attractions, the Discovery Space Shuttle, could be blasting off somewhere else as U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine seek to prevent the move from its home ...

Florida's Space Coast has experienced significant growth in high-tech space and aerospace industries since the end of the Space Shuttle program. Companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, L3Harris, Northrop ...